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• Reducing Resolution Dependence of Cloud and Precipitation Simulations in Climate Models
  Researchers developed a new method to suppress the influence of 'double counting' of cloud processes in models with small grid spacing.December 2017
• See Here
  New visual analytics book highlights users’ perspectiveDecember 2017
• Atoms Rearrange in Electrolyte and Control Ion Flow under Tough Conditions
  First-time-ever-seen structures around hematite offer insights to advance geoscience, catalysis modelsDecember 2017
• For a PNNL Team, a Science Hit
  December 2017
• New Catalyst Meets Challenge of Cleaning Exhaust from Modern Engines
  Innovation also uses less platinum, expensive component of catalytic convertersDecember 2017
• Ghan, Rasch, McDowell Named to 2017 Highly Cited Researchers List
  Scientists' citations rank in top 1 percent of their respective research fieldsDecember 2017
• Reservoir Management Alters Flood Frequency at the Regional Scale
  A new analytical framework revealed the probability of regional floods relative to reservoir regulation.December 2017
• Change in Surroundings Improves Catalysis
  Water changes how cobalt-based molecule turns carbon dioxide into chemical feedstockDecember 2017
• Measuring Small Forces that Lead to Large Effects
  Technique offers details on forces between crystal faces, enabling predictions of complex behaviorsDecember 2017
• Mastering Tailored Design of Aluminum Nanomaterials
  New methodology is cost-effective and more environmentally friendly than other approachesDecember 2017
• For Robust SLIM, an R&D 'Oscar'
  December 2017
• Something New in the Air
  BlueSky adds capability, flexibility to computing research at PNNLDecember 2017
• Predicting and Planning for Chronic Climate-Driven Disturbances
  Preparing for long-term ecosystem imbalances could help society manage food, water, energy, and other critical resources.December 2017
• Effects of Local Water Extraction and Reservoir Regulation on Drought in the United States
  November 2017
• New Dams Could Offset Future Flood Risk Along Key River Corridor in South Asia
  November 2017
• John Peters Selected as AAAS Fellow
  November 2017
• From Dirt, Data Gold Ready for Reusing
  November 2017
• A Video View of Columbia River Research
  November 2017
• Hughes Part of Award-Winning Technology Development Team
  Acoustic gunshot detector earns 2017 R&D 100 AwardNovember 2017
• Drought, Wetting Direction, and the Fate of Soil Carbon
  Pore-scale wetting patterns and antecedent soil moisture alter carbon dynamics at every scale.November 2017
• The Nitrogenase Nuance
  Chemists reveal one mechanism of dihydrogen production by nitrogenaseNovember 2017
• From a Devastating Outbreak, Blood-Borne Signatures of Ebola Offer Future Hope
  November 2017
• Samantha Johnson Earns Best Poster Award at Theoretical Chemistry Conference
  November 2017
• The Power of Traditional Proxies for Measuring the Soil Carbon Cycle
  Solid standbys should not be displaced by new imaging and genetics techniques.November 2017
• SLIM Wins an R&D ‘Oscar’
  November 2017
• A Food-Ag-Science Jamboree of Ideas
  November 2017
• Check Out the Latest Issue of Transformations
  How scientists can engage their audiences, HEATER, and why sulfur batteries failNovember 2017
• Rasch Speaks Before Congress about Geoengineering
  November 2017
• First Northwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference Is a Hit!
  November 2017
• Three PNNL scientists named to EPA board
  November 2017
• Atoms Depart When Oxides Meet
  Harnessing lost atoms may aid in crafting new, never-before-seen oxidesNovember 2017
• New Approach to Geoengineering Simulations is Significant Step Forward
  November 2017
• PNNL and the ‘Microbiome of Everything’
  November 2017
• Where Liquid Meets Air: Seeing the Details of Light, Dark, and Water
  Technique gives detailed view into how certain polymers form, unlocking answers about nucleationNovember 2017
• Clearing the Air in East Asia
  A new study showed how monsoon wind's effects on dust influence winter temperatures and precipitation.October 2017
• Kernels of Knowledge: How Land Use Decisions Affect Crop Productivity
  Empirical models predict a smaller decrease in total corn yields than previous estimates.October 2017
• Kravitz Interviewed by Carbon Brief at International Geoengineering Conference
  October 2017
• Stressed Out: Can Models Predict Grid Tolerance to Environmental Extremes?
  A regression model performs well in predicting grid stress based on regional weather conditions.October 2017
• Flynn Receives Third NASA Group Achievement Award
  October 2017
• Leung to Serve on National Academies' Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
  October 2017
• Jaehun Chun to Receive Lee Memorial Award
  October 2017
• PNNL Researchers Lead International Energy Workshop
  October 2017
• International Media Coverage on New Methane Emissions Research
  October 2017
• Fan Paper Tops Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Most Read List
  October 2017
• Greg Schenter and Chris Mundy Selected for Editors' Choice Session at Prestigious Physics Gathering
  October 2017
• Two PNNL Researchers Elected to Membership in the National Academy of Engineering
  Ruby Leung and Johannes Lercher recognized for distinguished contributions and professional integrityOctober 2017
• Yeung Lands Prestigious Journal Entry
  October 2017
• One Loss, One Gain
  Soil scientist Taniya RoyChowdhury departs PNNL for wetlands work in Maryland.October 2017
• Scientific Art Garners Top Honors in 2017 Contest
  October 2017
• The Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer's
  Enhanced proteomic analysis of O-GlcNAcylation will spur new investigations into the dysregulation of multiple brain proteins.October 2017
• The First Map of Switchable Liquids
  For the first time, scientists confirmed distinct regions in popular carbon capture and synthesis solventOctober 2017
• Better Simulation Successfully Tested on Interfacial Water
  PNNL scientists successfully test new water simulation protocolOctober 2017
• Meeting of the Minds: PNNL, University of Washington Team Up to Teach Students about Atmospheric Research Instrumentation
  UW students learn about sophisticated instruments and the data they generateOctober 2017
• A Molecule Made to be Broken
  Scientists can now control the rate of breaking and fixing dihydrogen moleculeOctober 2017
• Networking Science to Improve Soil Organic Matter Management Opportunities
  A perspective from the International Soil Carbon NetworkOctober 2017
• Song Named IEEE Computer Society Early Career Honoree
  October 2017
• For a PNNL Paper, Kudos for High Citations
  A paper on dengue virus infection co-authored by five PNNL researchers was just named one of the 25 percent most-cited articles in the journal PLOS Pathogens.September 2017
• In Greenland, a Peripatetic Bottos at Bat for the Permafrost Team
  September 2017
• PNNL Materials Scientists Publish Review Article on STEM Analysis of Oxide Interfaces
  September 2017
• The Pivotal Step in Turning Carbon Dioxide
  Scientists show how to control catalyst that turns a greenhouse gas into a fuel or feedstockSeptember 2017
• Strong Showing at the North American Catalysis Society Meeting
  September 2017
• Meeting the Need for Catalytic Speed
  Confining catalytically active hydronium ions inside zeolite catalysts enhances the rate of alcohol dehydration to hydrocarbons 100 times faster, paving the way to decentralized chemical processesSeptember 2017
• Converting Carbon Dioxide in Water
  New nickel catalyst operates in water to transform greenhouse gas into chemical feedstockSeptember 2017
• Reconsidered: Non-Steady State Mass Action Dynamics
  A new statistical formulation could mark a major advance for predictive modeling in systems biology.September 2017
• HPC Meeting Sparks Local Interest in Future Supercomputers
  September 2017
• Enhanced Protein Analysis Could Help Early Disease Detection
  Sensitivity substantially increased with deep-dive selected reaction monitoringSeptember 2017
• IDREAM Team Creates Winning Podcast
  September 2017
• Ben Kravitz Honored with Brodzinski Early Career Exceptional Achievement Award
  September 2017
• Centering on Data Vortex
  First Data Vortex User Group meeting to be hosted by PNNL High Performance ComputingSeptember 2017
• Steven Ghan Receives Laboratory Director's Award for Lifetime Achievement
  September 2017
• Carbon Capture Technology Featured at ACS
  September 2017
• Homeward Bound
  Xantheas Named to Greek Diaspora Fellowship ProgramAugust 2017
• Patrick El-Khoury Garners Early Career Achievement Award
  August 2017
• Venky Prabhakaran Selected for 2016 M.T. Thomas Award
  August 2017
• Bond-Lamberty Joins Scientific Steering Group of International Soil Carbon Network
  August 2017
• Data, HPC Scientists Team for GraphChallenge Championship
  Grappolo graph clustering library impresses with code qualityAugust 2017
• Friction Extrusion Appears on Wikipedia
  August 2017
• ShAPEing the Future of Magnesium Car Parts
  New approach makes lightest automotive metal more economic, usefulAugust 2017
• Accelerating the Computation of Metabolic Pathways
  An algorithm speeds metabolic pathway analysis, spurring computational advances in network science.August 2017
• New Open-Source Software for Analyzing Intact Proteins
  ‘Informed-Proteomics’ eases top-down proteomics.August 2017
• Morris Bullock Honored for Scientific Achievement
  August 2017
• HPC Duo Gets a Nod from Abroad
  August 2017
• Meeting Microbes, Metabolites, and More
  August 2017
• Fan Receives DOE Early Career Research Program Award
  August 2017
• Bruce Kay Elected Member of Washington State Academy of Sciences
  August 2017
• Palladium Catalyst Charters A New Path
  A new pathway for breaking down biomass feedstocks into fuels emergesJuly 2017
• Breaking a Bottleneck in Lipidomics Studies
  LIQUID open-source software rapidly processes spectral data, and accurately identifies and quantifies lipid speciesJuly 2017
• In Longitudinal Studies, Dried Blood Spot Samples Have a Role to Play
  A study investigates lipids and polar metabolites in 15-year-old serum and dried blood samplesJuly 2017
• Leung Elevated to Battelle Fellow Status
  July 2017
• Evaluating Evidence of Low-Dose Toxicity
  July 2017
• Greenland's Ice Sheet ‘Not Pristine’
  July 2017
• Soil ‘as a Living Thing’
  July 2017
• Zdenek Dohnalek Named AVS Fellow
  July 2017
• Charting the Path for Catalyst Imaging
  Determining the parameters for transmission electron microscopyJuly 2017
• A Duet of Firsts: Imaging Chemical Building Blocks
  Scientists break the bottleneck of imaging complex building blocks for molecular sieves and catalystsJuly 2017
• Protein Data Takes Significant Step Forward in Medicine
  PNNL-OHSU team part of NCI effort to bring proteogenomics to cancer patientsJune 2017
• Schmid, Flynn Continue Longtime Partnership with NASA on Unique Atmospheric Instrumentation
  June 2017
• In Cell Research, Eyes on a Unique Deubiquitinase
  June 2017
• Waste, to Biogas, to Animal Feed
  June 2017
• Novel Glimpses Into Early Lung Development
  June 2017
• From Gut Fungi to Sustainable Fuels
  June 2017
• ‘The Invisible Creatures Around Us’
  June 2017
• Emerging Investigators Showcase Chemical Research in Prestigious Journal
  June 2017
• McDermott's ‘Two Selves’
  June 2017
• A Steely Combination
  DOE labs and industry team unveil new predictive modeling methodJune 2017
• More Detailed Information about Metabolites and Lipids May be Key to Understanding Pregnancy Complications
  Researchers suggest new technologies to identify molecular changes affecting pregnanciesJune 2017
• Let the River Go—and Overflow
  Researchers refine a method to represent floodplain inundation in Earth system modelsJune 2017
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Fueling A Sustainable Future
  As it appeared in the Tri-City Herald on June 4, 2017June 2017
• Tackling Infectious Disease—One Protein at a Time
  PNNL scientist part of Pacific Northwest team that has solved 1,000 protein structuresJune 2017
• NIAC's DARPA Project is Nothing to 'HAGGLE' About
  June 2017
• Unlocking the Potential of Fungal Enzymes to Break Down Plant Cell Walls
  Biomass-degrading enzyme complexes could improve biofuel productionJune 2017
• Feng Receives His Second Editors' Citation for Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Reviews
  June 2017
• Bond-Lamberty Earns 2016 Editors' Citation for Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Reviews
  June 2017
• Kravitz Honored with 2016 Editors' Citation for Earth's Future Reviews
  June 2017
• Barnes Receives 2016 Editors' Citation as Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Reviewer
  June 2017
• Seeing the Forest and the Trees to Find Parasitic Reactions that Lead to Battery Failure
  Atomic and mesoscale understanding of the formation of a troubling layer offers insights into ways to create a better batteryJune 2017
• McDowell Quoted in Santa Fe New Mexican about Siberian Elms
  May 2017
• Clearing Up the Gray Zone for Convection
  Scientists optimized scale-aware convection modeling to sharpen simulations of U.S. summer precipitationMay 2017
• Qian Paper Honored with 2017 Esteemed Review Paper Prize from Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  May 2017
• Steven Spurgeon Earns Award for Double Perovskite Research Poster
  May 2017
• PNNL scientists honored for their role in fight against Ebola
  May 2017
• The Surprising Clarity of Dust
  Dust helps clears the air when pollution moves inMay 2017
• Rodland Invited to a Cancer 'Think Tank'
  May 2017
• (Pro)Active Transport
  Method to maintain the viability of the transportation network earns Best Paper award at HST '17May 2017
• Edmonds to Join Rutgers Energy Institute Advisory Board
  May 2017
• A Cheaper Way to Explore Distant Relations in Climate Models
  Scientists simultaneously describe input-output relationships across timescales in one simulationMay 2017
• Tracing the Soot Trail
  Unique model tagging technique identifies soot's pollution source over ChinaMay 2017
• Thrall, NAS Close in on Microbiome Report
  May 2017
• BBC Quoted Yang about Research on Dust-Wind Interactions in China
  May 2017
• Finding the International Path for Implementing Building Energy Codes
  Researchers analyzed building energy codes across 22 countries, characterized key elements of their implementation systemsMay 2017
• Cloud Brightness: Enlightening Pollution's Influence
  Researchers found hope for understanding the relationship between clouds and atmospheric particles by peering into the pastMay 2017
• Topographic Challenges in Land-Surface Modeling
  Scientists developed a new method to describe the impacts of topographic variability in Earth system modelingMay 2017
• Shaw, Dutta Highlighted in Nature Energy and ChemistryViews
  May 2017
• PNNL, WSU Join to Address Research Challenges
  May 2017
• A Fifth Element
  Krishnamoorthy adds yet another accepted paper to his PLDI scorecardMay 2017
• Modeling Microbial Ecology in the Hyporheic Zone
  Biogeographical patterns and processes that govern microbial assemblyMay 2017
• Sotiris Xantheas Joins Tokyo Tech's World-Class Research Hub
  May 2017
• Researchers Measure Forces that Align Crystals and Help Them Snap Together
  Understanding crystal growth is important for designing new materialsMay 2017
• Exploring the Relationship between the Two-Body and the Collective
  New approach accurately determines how electrolytes in water behave, offering insights for energy, synthesis, and medicineMay 2017
• Crystal Growth's Driving Forces Clarified by PNNL Researchers' Innovative Computational Approach
  Discovery creates a new paradigm for creating materials from crystalsMay 2017
• Gone with the Wind: Trans-Pacific Journey of Atmospheric Particles
  Observations and models reveal the fate of tiny dust particles carried in the atmosphereApril 2017
• Optimizing Cyanobacteria for Biofuel Production
  Light-harvesting complexes in bacteria could lead to clean energy solutionsApril 2017
• Considering the Angles: Clouds from Both Sides
  Researchers pinpoint why satellites and ground-based instruments agree on some, not all cloud characteristicsApril 2017
• Tweaking a Molecules Structure Can Send It Down a Different Path to Crystallization
  Insights could lead to better control of drug development, energy technologies. And food.April 2017
• Mountain Clouds: From Rain Makers to Snow Makers
  Clouds on the windward side of mountains make more snow when served plentiful pollution particlesApril 2017
• Keeping Tabs: Forests on the Move
  Scientists work to track how forests' changes, in response to nitrogen and climate changes, amplify carbon dioxideApril 2017
• Unmasked: Light-Absorbing Particles ID'd in Environmental Chamber Experiments
  Researchers test light-absorbing particles' ability to survive in different atmospheric environmental conditions, identifying their atmospheric MOMarch 2017
• Geochemists Organize Several Events at National Conference
  New discoveries about world-shaping processes discussed at ACS spring meetingMarch 2017
• Revolutionizing Science Communications: The Spirit of Poster 76
  March 2017
• Glezakou and Rousseau to Lead a Two-Day Symposium at National Conference
  Event will feature breakthroughs relevant to carbon dioxide chemistry and transformationsMarch 2017
• From Omics‚ Novel Glimpses into Early Lung Development
  In related papers‚ 'dramatic' changes in lipids and the ontogeny of protein changesMarch 2017
• Sakaguchi Honored with Editor's Award
  March 2017
• At US HUPO, New PNNL Software Tools Get an Airing
  March 2017
• Kravitz Received Special Recognition Award from NCAR
  March 2017
• A Fresh Look at Measuring the Exposome
  Study assesses an IMS-MS strategy, and proposes new informatics.March 2017
• Exposure Scientist Teeguarden on Editorial Board at JESEE
  March 2017
• Coming Together, Falling Apart, and Starting Over, Battery Style
  New device shows what happens when electrode, electrolyte, and active materials meet in energy storage technologiesMarch 2017
• PNNL-Led Co-Design Center to Enhance Graph Algorithms for Exascale Computing Project
  March 2017
• When Ions and Molecules Cluster
  Unique approach to studying ions more accurately predicts behavior, providing insights for biology, climate, and materials developmentMarch 2017
• Separation Technique for Radioactive Technetium
  Composite promises efficient pertechnetate removal for nuclear waste immobilizationMarch 2017
• Research Artwork Featured on Advanced Materials Interfaces
  Art illustrates metal organic framework technique for coating surfacesMarch 2017
• Kravitz Received Outstanding Contribution Award from AGU
  March 2017
• Microbial Partnerships and Interspecies Metabolite Exchange
  An experimental consortium shows the up-side of microbial partnershipsMarch 2017
• Stopping "Crud" from Sticking to Surfaces by Isolating "One Cheering Voice in a Stadium"
  Cleaner, more durable surface coatings for everything from consumer goods to nuclear-waste disposal technologies made possible through collaborative study of electrostaticsMarch 2017
• AFTERSCHOOL
  For budding naturalists, a weekly lesson in soilsMarch 2017
• Gupta's Paper Designated Editors' Choice
  February 2017
• Setting the Standards
  PNNL data scientists contribute to new W3C guide for Web best practicesFebruary 2017
• Maoyi Huang's Research Featured in Blog EnvironmentalResearchWeb
  February 2017
• Particles Carry Hitchhiking Pollutants Far from Home
  New research shows that atmospheric particles can encase a toxic payload, allowing it to travel further than previously thoughtFebruary 2017
• Johannes Lercher Elected to Membership in the National Academy of Engineering
  Lercher recognized for distinguished contributions and professional integrityFebruary 2017
• For Biofluids, a New Fast Automated Analysis
  Surveilling endogenous metabolites and xenobiotics in under 60 secondsFebruary 2017
• Job Opportunity: Seeking Chief Scientist for Catalysis Science
  February 2017
• Tipping Water: Finding the Balance Between Keeping Molecules Whole or Splitting Them on Oxides
  Scientists end long-standing controversy about a ubiquitous reaction involved in catalysts, corrosion, and moreFebruary 2017
• A Publishing Machine
  Gioiosa gets the word out about what it takes to build viable extreme-scale systemsFebruary 2017
• Ruby Leung Elected to National Academy of Engineering
  February 2017
• With Disease of the Bowel, Gut Microbiomes Are in Dramatic Flux
  Scientists Explore the Role of Microbes in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseFebruary 2017
• Understanding "The Guardian of the Genome" Could Lead to Safer Pregnancies
  Study of Tumor-suppressing Gene in Mice Could Lead to Reduction in Preterm BirthsFebruary 2017
• Many Muons: Imaging the Underground with Help from the Cosmos
  Borehole muon detector an important technological advancement for imaging and monitoring carbon dioxide storage sitesFebruary 2017
• Cracking Under Pressure is No Problem for High Strength Self-Healing Cement
  With the addition of polymers, PNNL- developed "super cement" that can self-healFebruary 2017
• Hoisie Noted as 'One to Watch' in 2017
  February 2017
• Transformations: New Initiative in Chemical Transformations, Energy Everywhere, Contradictory Catalyst
  February 2017
• The Contradictory Catalyst
  Researchers find the key to speeding up the rate of reaction of a potential catalyst for energy storage lies in making the reactive parts of the catalyst move more slowly.February 2017
• Getting from Greenhouse Gas to Microbial Biomass
  A co-culture technology uses waste methane to make biofuels and bioproductsFebruary 2017
• Invited Feature Article Highlights Soft Landing of Complex Ions
  Well-defined charged particles on surfaces lead to better understanding of catalysis, energy storageFebruary 2017
• Breathing Easy, Rick Corley Retires
  February 2017
• Ready for the Dawn of Aurora
  NWChemEx granted time on new LCF supercomputer to advance popular computational chemistry codeFebruary 2017
• There and Back Again: Catalyst Mediates Energy-Efficient Proton Transport for Reversibility
  Designer complex reduces obstacles in creating solar fuelsFebruary 2017
• Vitamin B12: For Microbes, a Power Broker
  Surprising influence on the formation of microbial communitiesJanuary 2017
• Bob Houze to Serve on AGU Union Fellows Committee
  January 2017
• Tumeo Starts New Year as ACM Senior Member
  January 2017
• Taking Materials into the Third Dimension
  One-pot technique creates structures with potential for more efficient manufacturing and energy storageJanuary 2017
• Climate, Irrigation, and Fertilization: Understanding US Crop Yields
  Researchers uncovered the county-by-county variability of bioenergy crop yields in the USA using detailed statistical and numerical simulationsJanuary 2017
• Using Sunlight to Activate the Flow of Electrical Current in a New Material
  Modifying the composition of magnetite to enable it to convert sunlight into electrical currentJanuary 2017
• Hailong Wang's Expertise Tapped for Guardian's Arctic Soot Reveal
  January 2017
• Soil Pores, Carbon Stores, and Breathing Microbes
  January 2017
• New Thin Films Can Self-Repair Following Damage
  Resistant membrane-like films precisely reconfigure to produce valuable materials by designJanuary 2017
• Protecting Soils to Mitigate Climate Change
  January 2017
• Halappanavar Caps Inaugural SIAM Conference with Best Paper Award
  CSC16 papers recently published as part of SIAM proceedings seriesJanuary 2017
• Teeguarden Part of a Report Offering Novel Paths to Assessing Health Risks
  January 2017
• Quantifying the Effects of Drought on the Electric Grid
  Researchers find that even historical drought conditions could cause significant stress on the electricity system in the western United States.January 2017
• Less Salty Ocean is Right Up Typhoons' Alley
  Researchers found increasing freshwater from rainstorms in the ocean helps intensify already strong typhoonsJanuary 2017